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yofnI-Iarrodsburig, in "thecounty of Mercer andState"ofuKentuck have invented a new UMTEDSTATESPATENT onnion.

" *i fononnvv. WHEATLY, OFHARRODSBURG, KENTUCKY.

, mivnsorVinum1 or HOUSES.

"eiicificatiabf Letters Patent No. 12,527, dated March A1a, 1855.

5"and Improved; Mode `of"Constructing Gut' t thereof, reference being hadto the accomters forConveying Water Jfrom the EaveS of i i AHouses; `andfl `dohereby declare that the follovving is a `full and exact"A description `l0` panying drawing andto the `letters of reference marked thereony ,n

" The gutters` I" constructareplaced above the eavesof houses,` to enable Iothers to `malteand `usejmy` invention, I Will proceed p `15`to describe its` construction, &o; n

Take `sheet .copper, tin, zine, or other metal, and groove,look, or solder the sheets together, (A) to any lengthwhioh may be. i desired; then `turn up one edge, say from` two to siX inches, ,until the lupright part (B) t will be perpendicular when placed upon the roof; then, instead lof placing a plank or other `substance below the gutter to sustain the upright, (as `is usual, therebyl causing `the shingles as Well as the plank to rot,) I forma bead or molding (C) upon the upright part of. the gutter, or make a bead or molding separately, and then solder it upon the" upright; then solder to the bead a strap (D) of the same metal, about one inch Wide and of sufficient length to extend to the sheeting above the gutter, to which it is nailed. The upper edge of the gutter is also nailed to the sheeting. The bead or molding and strap thus attached, give sufficient strength to the gutter, Without the aid of a plank cr other substance to sustain it.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The application of a bead or molding, ton gether with the strap to `gutters. of the description above, giving strength to the gut ter Without the aid of a plank or other `sub- 

